Mr. Lee joined Pacira as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors in January 2024. An accomplished biopharmaceutical leader, Mr. Lee brings thirty years of global experience and a strong track record of product development and commercial success across both small biotech and large pharmaceutical organizations. He most recently served as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors of publicly traded Forma Therapeutics from March 2019 until its acquisition by Novo Nordisk in October 2022. During his tenure at Forma, Mr. Lee transformed the organization from an early-stage drug discovery company into one focused on the clinical development of lead assets in rare hematologic disorders and cancer. Prior to Forma, Mr. Lee served as Senior Vice President, Global Product Strategy and Therapeutic Area Head for Immunology, Ophthalmology and Infectious Diseases at Genentech, a member of the Roche Group. He was responsible for driving the global development and commercialization strategy for the late-stage portfolio, and for global portfolio product sales of $11 billion. Mr. Lee’s 13-year tenure at Genentech included leadership positions of increasing scope and responsibility focused on delivering transformative medicines to patients and driving the growth of multiple in oncology, immunology and ophthalmology products to blockbuster/multi-blockbuster status. Prior to Genentech, Mr. Lee spent approximately 13 years across Novartis, Janssen and Eli Lilly. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from the Wharton Graduate School of Business. Mr. Lee currently serves as a Director of Bausch Health Companies, Inc. (NYSE: BHC) and as an Advisor to Lightstone Ventures.